1 of 20 Original paper Title: Remote patent telemonitoring for heart failure care. Experiences and perceptons of nurses and physicians in a cross-sectonal study from the Nordic Baltc Region. Authors: Ina Thon Aamodt, Edita Lycholip, Jelena Celutkiene, Anna Strömberg, Dan Atar, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Thomas von Lueder, Ragnhild Hellesø, Tiny Jaarsma, Irene Lie Corresponding author: Irene Lie, Centre for patent centered heart- and lung research, Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Building 63, Box 4956 Nydalen, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, 0424 Oslo, Norway. Mobile Phone: +47-99026729, E-mail: Irene.lie@ous-hf.no Afliatons Ina Thon Aamodt RN, MNSc Centre for patent centered heart- and lung research, Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Oslo, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, Insttute of Health and Society, Department of Nursing Science, C, Norway. Email: inamarieaamodt@gmail.com Edita Lycholip RN, MNSc Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Insttute of Clinical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Centre of Cardiology and Angiology, Vilnius University Santaros Clinics, Vilnius, Lithuania. Email: Edita.Lycholip@santa.lt Jelena Celutkiene MD, PhD Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Insttute of Clinical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Centre of Cardiology and Angiology, Vilnius University Santaros Clinics, Vilnius, Lithuania. Email: Jelena.Celutkiene@santa.lt Anna Strömberg RN, PhD Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden. Email: anna.stromberg@liu.se Dan Atar MD, PhD Department of Cardiology B, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Insttute of Clinical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Email: dan.atar@medisin.uio.no